From: "James Britt (rubydev)" <james@...>
Date: 2001-12-06T23:11:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27680] Re: web hosting

What exactly do you need? rubyxml.com is hosted by sitehost4u, which
allowed me to install Ruby.  They already provide MySQL.  
Ruby has to run as cgi, not with mod_ruby.

Hosting plans start at about  USD $10 a month.

It's not a zippy as I would like, but it's affordable.



James


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Hibbs [mailto:curt@hibbs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:51 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: [ruby-talk:27654] RE: web hosting
> 
> 
> Kevin wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a good hosting service that supports Ruby and MySQL?
> 
> I'm looking for the same thing, myself. The only thing I have found is to
> host with a service that gives you a virtual private server, so you
> essentially get you own virtual Linux system complete with root access --
> this allows you to install anything you like.
> 
> The only problem that they are a little pricey compared with the regular
> kind of hosting. I'm currently thinking about signing up with
> http://www.lightspeedhost.com/
> 
> But I would love to know if the is a less expensive alternative.
> 
> Curt
> 
>